On This Day in Music: July 23

1904-07-23 Birth

Adone Zecchi

Adone Zecchi, composer was born

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1769-07-23 Birth

Alexey Nikolayevich Titov

Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer was born

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1971-07-23 Birth

Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss, Decatur Ill, country singer (2 Highways) was born

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1923-07-23 Birth

Amalia Mendoza

Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001) was born

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1920-07-23 Birth

Amalia Rodrigues

Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (d. 1999) was born

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1946-07-23 Birth

Andy MacKay

Andy MacKay, London, rock sax/oboe (Roxy Music-Dance Away) was born

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1734-07-23 Birth

Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini

Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born

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1884-07-23 Birth

Apolinary Szeluto

Apolinary Szeluto, composer was born

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1856-07-23 Birth

Arthur H Bird

Arthur H Bird, composer was born

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1916-07-23 Birth

Ben Weber

Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) was born

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1950-07-23 Birth

Blair Thornton

Blair Thornton, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive) was born

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1935-07-23 Birth

Cleveland Dunkin

Cleveland Dunkin, rocker (Penguins) was born

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1971-07-23 Birth

Dalvin DeGrate

Dalvin DeGrate, American singer was born

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1947-07-23 Birth

David Essex

David Essex, [Cook], London, rock vocalist/actor (That'll be the Day) was born

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1944-07-23 Birth

Dino Danelli

Dino Danelli, Jersey City NJ, rock drummer (Fotomaker, Young Rascals) was born

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1838-07-23 Birth

Edouard [Judas] Colonne

Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist was born

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1806-07-23 Birth

Eduard Marxsen

Eduard Marxsen, composer was born

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1905-07-23 Birth

Erich Itor Kahn

Erich Itor Kahn, composer was born

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1866-07-23 Birth

Francesco Cilea

Francesco Cilea, composer was born

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1973-07-23 Birth

Francis Healy

Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis) was born

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1796-07-23 Birth

Franz Adolf Berwald

Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer was born

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1940-07-23 Birth

Gary Stites

Gary Stites, rock vocalist (Lonely For You) was born

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1849-07-23 Birth

Geza Zichy

Geza Zichy, composer was born

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1945-07-23 Birth

Harold W Hennep

Harold W Hennep, Arubians/Dutch dancer/actor (Plus Echo) was born

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1973-07-23 Birth

Himesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood composer, singer and actor. was born

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1950-07-23 Birth

Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas, rocker was born

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1952-07-23 Birth

Janis Siegel

Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction) was born

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1921-07-23 Birth

Jerome Rosen

Jerome Rosen, composer was born

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1803-07-23 Birth

Johann Vesque von Puttlingen

Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer was born

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1735-07-23 Birth

Johannes Herbst

Johannes Herbst, composer was born

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1942-07-23 Birth

John de Hont

John de Hont, Dutch guitarist (ZZ & Masks) was born

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1976-07-23 Birth

Jonathan Gallant

Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) was born

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1793-07-23 Birth

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer was born

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1773-07-23 Birth

Karl Ludwig Hellwig

Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer was born

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1946-07-23 Birth

Keith Ferguson

Keith Ferguson, blues guy (Fabulous Thunderbirds) was born

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1928-07-23 Birth

Leon Fleisher

Leon Fleisher, SF California, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77) was born

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1942-07-23 Birth

Madeline Bell

Madeline Bell, US singer (Black Nativity) was born

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1955-07-23 Birth

Marisa DeFranco

Marisa DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) was born

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1961-07-23 Birth

Martin Gore

Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) was born

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1985-07-23 Birth

Matthew Murphy

Matthew Murphy, English musician (The Wombats) was born

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1980-07-23 Birth

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child) was born

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1968-07-23 Birth

Nick Menza

Nick Menza, American musician, drummer was born

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1892-07-23 Birth

Petros John Petridis

Petros John Petridis, composer was born

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1825-07-23 Birth

Richard Hol

Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor was born

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1970-07-23 Birth

Sam Waters

Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up) was born

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1965-07-23 Birth

Slash

Slash, [Saul Hudson], London England, rock guitarist & songwriter (Guns N' Roses-Sweet Child o' Mine) was born

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1978-07-23 Birth

Stefanie Sun

Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer was born

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1981-07-23 Birth

Steve Jocz

Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41) was born

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1943-07-23 Birth

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White, rocker was born

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1902-07-23 Birth

Walter Burle Marx

Walter Burle Marx, composer was born

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1876-07-23 Birth

William Gillies Whittaker

William Gillies Whittaker, composer was born

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2011-07-23 Death

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter, dies from a alcohol intoxication at 27

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2004-07-23 Death

Carlos Paredes

Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)

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1966-07-23 Death

Donald Novis

Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60

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1995-07-23 Death

Floyd McDaniel

Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80

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1840-07-23 Death

Frantisek Max Knize

Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55

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1983-07-23 Death

Georges Auric

Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84

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1757-07-23 Death

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71

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1994-07-23 Death

Hans J Salter

Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98

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1875-07-23 Death

Isaac Merritt Singer

Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63

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1990-07-23 Death

Joe Turner

Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82

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1986-07-23 Death

Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen

Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73

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1985-07-23 Death

Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79

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1979-07-23 Death

Keith Godchaux

Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31

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1973-07-23 Death

Marius-Francois Gaillard

Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72

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1933-07-23 Death

Max Schillings

Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65

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1878-07-23 Death

Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo

Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70

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2004-07-23 Death

Piero Piccioni

Piero Piccioni, Italian musician, conductor and composer (b. 1921)

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1685-07-23 Death

Pietro Reggio

Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53

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1977-07-23 Death

René de Vos

René de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79

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1990-07-23 Death

Robert Sommer

Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42

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2007-07-23 Death

Ron Miller

Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)

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2004-07-23 Death

Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922)

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2005-07-23 Death

Ted Greene

Ted Greene, American jazz guitarist and teacher (b. 1946)

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1866-07-23 Death

Thomas Forbes Walmisley

Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83

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1829-07-23 Death

Wojciech Boguslawski

Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72

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1909-07-23 Death

Zygmunt Noskowski

Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63

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1961-07-23 Event

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Bricusse & Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres

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1965-07-23 Event

The Beatles

Beatles "Help" is released in UK

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1994-07-23 Event

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Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke

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